Category: Radio

My Top 10 Hits – Week 315

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date February 27, 2023

Every Monday I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from the previous week. It’s the continuation of a weekly hobby that goes back nearly 45 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday February 26TH 2023 – the 315TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	2	6	The Lord’s Prayer (It’s Yours) [1ST week @ # 1]	Matt Maher
2	1	11	My Story Your Glory	Matthew West
3	3	13	I See Grace	Micah Tyler
4	6	2	Running Home	Cochren & Co.
5	5	3	I’m So Blessed	Cain
6	4	11	First Things First	Consumed By Fire
7	7	22	Love Me Like I Am	for King & Country Ft. Jordin Sparks
8	–	1	That’s Enough	Brandon Heath
9	9	4	I Believe It (The Life Of Jesus)	Jon Reddick
10	10	8	Gratitude	Brandon Lake

# 1 This Week In:
2022 – “Jesus Is Coming Back” – Jordan Feliz Ft. Mandisa & Jonathan Traylor
2021 – “Say I Won’t” – MercyMe
2020 – “Almost Home” – MercyMe
2019 – “Maybe It’s OK” – We Are Messengers
2018 – “Gracefully Broken” – Matt Redman Ft. Tasha Cobbs Leonard
2017 – “Love Broke Thru” – TobyMac

MATT MAHER – Musician Matt Maher has been singing for God since 2000, but I had never heard of him until 2017 when I began hearing his recurrents on K-LOVE. In 2018 he hit my chart for the first time with the fast-paced “What A Friend”. It was a # 1 smash in May 2018. His 2020 hit “Alive & Breathing” reached # 2, and it spent 25 weeks in a row on my chart. And now he’s back at # 1 with his 3RD hit – “The Lord’s Prayer (It’s Yours)”.

This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again with the new weekend – and 4 new entries – known as #TravelThursday, #RetroFriday, #SundayScripture, and #Top10Monday.

Your likes, follows, and comments are always appreciated. Thank You for being part of my online ministry to share God’s Good News and win souls for Christ through His music. I’m also on Twitter and Flickr.

Be blessed my friends ! May our God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Tags Blog, Chart, Christian, God, Jesus, KLOVE, Music, Radio, TheJoyFM, WayFM, WGTS, Z883

1980s Blogging Music Radio

My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1988

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date February 24, 2023

Hello again retro music fans. Every Friday I post the Top 5 of one of my classic hit music charts based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from either 15, 20, 25, or 35 years ago this weekend (rotating each week).

It’s the 4TH Friday of the month, so I go back 35 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday February 28TH 1988:

“Never Gonna Give You Up” – Rick Astley
“Need You Tonight” – INXS
“Father Figure” – George Michael
“Foolish Beat” – Debbie Gibson
“Hungry Eyes” – Eric Carmen

One of my favorite songs of all time is from the Summer of 1972 – “Go All The Way” from Raspberries – fronted by Eric Carmen. I hear that song almost every day via my iPod Shuffles that play at my desk at my workplace. That same Eric Carmen reemerged some 15½ years later in 1987 with a big hit that was featured on the soundtrack of “Dirty Dancing”. His “Hungry Eyes” was a Top 5 smash here in the U.S.A., and it was a popular music video on a young MTV at the time:

Next #RetroFriday I’ll go back 15 years ago to March 2008. It’s when Aaron Gillespie and his hard rock band – The Almost – scored a huge hit on my chart about something that I specialize in.

It’s halftime my friends. I’ll be back on Sunday and Monday with 2 more blog posts for this weekend. Enjoy your Saturday. Thanks for going retro with me !

Tags 1988, Music, Radio

Blogging Christian God Ministry Music Radio

My Top 10 Hits – Week 314

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date February 20, 2023

Every Monday I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from the previous week. It’s the continuation of a weekly hobby that goes back nearly 45 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday February 19TH 2023 – the 314TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	10	My Story Your Glory [2ND week @ # 1]	Matthew West
2	3	5	The Lord’s Prayer (It’s Yours)	Matt Maher
3	2	12	I See Grace	Micah Tyler
4	5	10	First Things First	Consumed By Fire
5	10	2	I’m So Blessed	Cain
6	–	1	Running Home	Cochren & Co.
7	6	21	Love Me Like I Am	for King & Country Ft. Jordin Sparks
8	4	18	Who I Am	Ben Fuller
9	9	3	I Believe It (The Life Of Jesus)	Jon Reddick
10	8	7	Gratitude	Brandon Lake

# 1 This Week In:
2022 – “Weary Traveler” – Jordan St. Cyr
2021 – “Every Step Of The Way” – Cade Thompson
2020 – “The God Who Stays” – Matthew West
2019 – “Maybe It’s OK” – We Are Messengers
2018 – “Gracefully Broken” – Matt Redman Ft. Tasha Cobbs Leonard
2017 – “Love Broke Thru” – TobyMac

HAPPY 6TH ANNIVERSARY ! – My weekly hit music chart has its origins back to November 1985 in the United Kingdom, but it hasn’t been continuous. This is the 3RD era of my chart, and this era began exactly 6 years ago this weekend – inspired by a TobyMac concert in Tallahassee Florida – as well as my discovery of K-LOVE on the drive back home. I’ve been listening, enjoying, and supporting the national radio station ever since then. It helped resurrect this blog here on WordPress in January 2018. So with this edition I begin my 7TH year of this era of great positive and encouraging music on the radio – as well as each weekend here on #Top10Monday.

Be blessed my friends ! May our God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Tags Blog, Chart, Christian, God, Jesus, KLOVE, Music, Radio, TheJoyFM, WayFM, WGTS, Z883

1990s Blogging Music Radio

My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1998

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date February 17, 2023

It’s the 3RD Friday of the month, so I go back 25 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday February 22ND 1998:

“One More Night” – Amber
“Are You Jimmy Ray ?” – Jimmy Ray
“Sugar Cane” – Space Monkeys
“As Long As You Love Me” – Backstreet Boys
“Truly Madly Deeply” – Savage Garden

Amber … What a great singer with some great dance songs back in the day. She’s from the Netherlands, but she achieved her greatest success on the pop and dance charts here stateside. “One More Night” was 1 of 7 hit singles for Amber on my chart from 1996 to 2002, and it was from her debut album “This Is Your Night”. It was the Hani Radio Edit of “One More Night” that went straight-in to my Top 30 chart at # 1 and stayed there for 5 weeks.

Next #RetroFriday I’ll go back 35 years ago to the end of February 1988. It’s when Eric Carmen was in my Top 5 with a “Dirty Dancing” track.

It’s halftime my friends. I’ll be back on Sunday and Monday with 2 more blog posts for this weekend. Enjoy your Saturday. Thanks for going retro with me !